Firelight Fantasy: Phoenix Crew

Confident and charismatic, James Bond's long-awaited return to games is the best since GoldenEye.

IO awkwardly welds together two schools of game design.

The magic of 007 First Light is in the bluff. When IO Interactive's young James Bond is caught out yet again trying to sneak through some restricted area, he has numerous ways to resolve the situation. Gadgets. Fists. Guns. Whatever's lying on the nearest surface. But the most novel, and in some ways most satisfying, is simply to blag it. Pressing Circle (on PlayStation) will cause Bond to blurt out some impeccably improvised lie, stunning guards into second-guessing their suspicions and opening a brief window for Bond to slip by. Read more

It should come as no shock that many who spent their youth waiting for an owl to deliver a letter feel betrayed by Rowling

Xbox has pulled out of a deal to fund and publish the online fantasy RPG - Project Fantasy - that's in development at Hitman and 007 First Light developer IO Interactive. Read more